Talk:Hewitt's red rock hare

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Kovacs & Oroian (2023) might have seom additional info. Cheers, Esculenta (talk) 16:23, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

Thanks. There is some reproduction and breeding information in this article not present in the references I have on hand, but nothing else of note that isn't already covered. (I hesitate to include this article though as it's a fairly shallow reproduction of the available information - just using the photos that are available on the Wikipedia page for Pronolagus - and is published through a Bioflux journal, which were at one point considered predatory.) Reconrabbit 18:33, 29 December 2024 (UTC)

GA Review

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Nominator: Reconrabbit (talk · contribs) 18:47, 26 December 2024 (UTC)

Reviewer: Wolverine X-eye (talk · contribs) 13:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

Will review this now. ✿ WolveríneX-eye ✿ 13:55, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

There were only a couple things here that I didn't agree with/couldn't discern exactly what needed changing. Reconrabbit 17:57, 1 January 2025 (UTC)

@Reconrabbit: Responded to some of your queries. ✿ WolveríneX-eye ✿ 06:45, 2 January 2025 (UTC)

Comments

• Hewitt's red rock hare (Pronolagus saundersiae) is a species of mammal in the family Leporidae found in South Africa, Eswatini, and Lesotho. Species of mammal is a bit broad, maybe hare?

  Changed to "species of rabbit"; hares are only the species in genus Lepus.

• with a preference for a higher-elevation rocky habitat Higher elevated?

  Now "higher elevated". Was unsure how to best describe.

• Mind linking species on first occurrence

  Linked

• Like other red rock hares, P. saundersiae is presumed to feed on grasses, herbs, and shrubs, and is predated upon by Verreaux's eagle, Cape eagle-owls, and leopards. The two ands are too close to each other. Perhaps replace the second "and" with a semicolon and a "it"

  Split into two sentences as is done in the body

• It is considered a least-concern species by the International Union for Conservation of Nature; it is considered to be "abundant" throughout its range Rm semicolon and it is and replace em with a comma and "and is said"

  Changed here and in the first paragraph of Threats and interactions with humans

• but is not protected by any specific conservation measures, and its population is expected to decrease due to habitat loss caused by humans. Replace "but is not" with "despite not being"

  Done

• and its population is expected to decrease due to habitat loss caused by humans. Start a new sentence and replace the above text with "As a result of habitat loss caused by humans, the global population is expected to decrease"

  Changed to your suggestion, I tried different permutations that didn't work as well.

• Can you add something about behavior and ecology in the lead

  I've added nocturnality and breeding patterns to the lead in addition to the foraging and predation sentences.

• He described this taxon based on skulls from Albany district, collected by Enid Saunders and Frank Bowker add "which were" before collected and after the comma

  Done

• ; the species is named after Saunders. Replace semicolon with a full stop and start a new sentence. Also, replace "is" with "was"

  Done

• It was later classified as a subspecies of Pronolagus rupestris by various zoologists,[12] including Ellerman, Morrison-Scott and Hayman,[9] as well as Hoffman and Smith for the third edition of Mammal Species of the World.[6] Can you add the explanation before this

  Which explanation; the current classification that immediately follows?

  Yes

  Moved the information around and reworded. I don't have a definitive date when the subspecies to species change gained consensus, esp. since I don't have the 2013 book; my assumption is somewhere between 2005 and 2013 but that would be OR to add

• but they are never described or illustrated. Drop "they"

  Done

• The color of its fur varies depending on its habitat. Drop last "its"

  Now "varies by habitat"

• Its adult head-body length is measured between 380 ==> The head-body length measures between 380

  Done

• Its ear length measures 80–110 mm (3.1–4.3 in) "Its" with "the"

  Done

• habitat contributes to the separation of it from other red rock hares in areas of overlapping distribution. "its separation"?

  "towards its separation" now

• Smith's red rock hare - a You meant to use a dash?

  Changed to an em dash. I always get mixed up with these.

• It is presumed to be a folivore, This is a bit repetitive, can you come up with another phrase?

  "It is likely a folivore"?

• Known predators of P. saundersiae are to Known predators of P. saundersiae and red rock hares in general include

  Done

• patterns are presumed Please replace the last word

  Rewrote the sentence since IUCN doesn't bother with "presumed"

• with each litter yielding one to two young. The young are born altricial to with each litter yielding one to two young born altricial

  Combined

• However, there are several threats to the species, many of which "many of which" to "of which many"

  Done

• and declines in population are anticipated. This last part doesn't fit well with the sentence

  Moved to the end of the paragraph, rewording to "which will cause a decline in the global population" referring to the aforementioned habitat loss

• P. saundersiae is listed as a species of least concern on the By the

  Done, changed wikilink

• Also add the abbreviation IUCN in the lead and conservation sections

  Done

Images

• Please add a caption to the lead image

  Added (species name and location)

• Images appropriately licensed

Sources

• Smith et al 2018 needs page nos.

  Unfortunately I only have the book as an epub, which changes layout based on screen size, so there are no page numbers. Should I add quotes? Never mind, the book conveniently has this specific page listed in the Google Books preview. Added.

• Spot checks on 5 sources
  • 19 OK
  • 21 OK
  • 8 OK
  • 18 OK
  • 1d OK but I'd suggest you use synonyms

    Referring to "presumed"?

    Precisely

    Change made in respect to previous comments

Broadness

• Found nothing

Assessment

@Reconrabbit: I'm pleased to inform you that I've completed my review of this article. The list I put forth includes all issues I'd like to see fixed. And when all is said and done, I'd appreciate a review of one of my articles. Of course, that's completely voluntary and all up to you. ✿ WolveríneX-eye ✿ 15:44, 1 January 2025 (UTC)